New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-12

- c,osI,pg A FAILURE-Ir WILL 1AnI
aovrpSMESr -FOUR YEARS TO PASS THE
COERCION BILL-MILBASK PRISON ehi
TING READY FOR THE PARNELL1Ihs'
oopyrtont; 1887. North America" caon H'"' '"
rBY CABLE TO THE TRIBussl Vii.
rox-nov Nav II. We are on the eve OF ~ M
or;s;s of the first Importance Inc oo'ein -,
-. ara In d,ffcultes with their Coercion o,
Asoora,no to Mr.. Smiths calculation IL wiz 'AAo
60. ra.rs AZ Parliament tary time at its prescn. ,a'0
80 .-o,-ras. IN get The bill through. comnii.'oo @
"a Salisbury saws June, 1888, but NE oni'h
60. q. mara correct 1t has taken ten days W sos
.hres lines of the bill passed, and there arc 411
lines In all without counting ne" oi''u'o9 ~.
NAV be moved. This is manl1estiy ah inp Pc. 49,
prospect. The country would nos 'oieia , a. sorr
Hou.e of Commons should occupy Itself ior ioui
- ,o.rufacturug a single bill The Govern
..ant .r. therefore bound to find " ay out OF tne
difficulty or ese resign. LII
But their troable is that the opposition 10 'no o,i
a. NOT obstruction Its formidable ana minute
character is due to the nature OF tne Dill i'so'
which subyerts the entire constitution anu "nion
santoins ATTACKS on cherished liberties. In every
linz of the twenty.six amendments already disposeu
of eleven have been accepted by the Government
after prolonged debate and many OF those rcjecsou
were proposed by English members ana supPot'ou
nv members of the late Ministry NeVer'neio''
the Government would not hesitate TO Apply Tue
closnre nv wholesale to amendments, and this IS
what thew have been contemplating. But repun
which they received on Tuesday in the al-nlGbt
s;ttn, from the chairman of committees completely
upssts their reliance on this resource. They moveu
tbe closure on a batch of amendments, put MI
Conrtnev. who is not partisan, refused 10 put Ino
motion ON the ground that several OF the amend.
ments proposed to be massscred deserved depa'e'
MIR. Courtney maintains this attitude, dlsposins oi
the oppostion by mere closure is oot OF the ques-
tion. Ill
The course of the Government in that case VIII
Ia either to suspend the discussion on the Coercion
hill in order to move for new rule OF proceuulo
which will enable them to declare that tne ol,, !,
must be reported by certain day. anu ina. al
amendments then remaining undisposed Oh must oe
nut to the vote without debate or else TO arrest INC
irish members and their Liberal allies. The former
plan would involve much loss OF time. Inc latter
seems to recommend itself better to the satuInlne
bumor of Lord Salisbury. who aspires after ELIZA
bstban methods and whose contempt for the House
of Commons and for Parliamentary government IN
general finds constant expression. 1t VIII Dc rev
olutlonary and unprecedented course IN any case
aud will lead to violent scenes.
You have doubtless heard of the rumors concern
ing Mibank Prison. i have the best reason for
knowing that they are we'll founded. The govern
or has received direct orders from the Governrneht
70 prepare rooms for sixty frst-class misdeinean-
apts Mbank is the nearest prison to the House
of Commons and these rooms are meant Tor lrlsn
members when the accommodation in the CLOCK
Tower has been exhausted. These preparations
will have TO be considerably extended. for II any
arrests are to be made as many English members
are ready to repeat the offence for which their irish
colleagues will have been committed In order 10
enable the Government to put members under
arrest all that IL necessary is to move that SUCH
and.such a member has been guilty of q Parla-
mensary offence, of wilful obstruction. Tor ex-
ample With their mechanical majority they could
easily carry such motion. You may therefore
look out within the next few weeks tor events that
have not been surpassed in the history OF the
House of Commons since King Charles tried 10
arrest the five members, OF since Cromweif S
troopers cleared the Rump of tho e" Long Parila-
meut" out of the chamber with the fiat sides Oh
their swords. 1t is bound to come to something
like tins unless political miracle happens
Let none cf our friends in America, by the way.
fall into the mistake of believing that this VIII be
an International matter between Ireland and Eng
land. 1t will be far more yitally struggle be-
tween the English democracy and the Tory party,
who are making their last great effort to regain
their ascendancy and who through the mouth OF
Lord Salisbury have not hesitated TO proclaim their
hostility to the representative institutions OF Ethe
people regard the Irish side of this fight as won.
The English people have made our cause theirs
and when the English people are enabled to assert
themselves once more against their enemies ana
ours the cause will be crowned with triumph.
Our way to victory is by helping the English
people. L. T. 0iLL' Nj l.